Table 3. Represents Baseline and Post-Two-Week Data, % Change, and P-Value of the AS Patients.
Measures | Pre | Post | % Change in the Mean | t Value | P Value |
BMI | 24.3 ± 4.5 | 23.9 ± 4.4 | –1.65 | 3.02 | P > .05 |
HR | 78.05 ± 8.6 | 77.8 ± 6.9 | –0.32 | –0.04 | P > .05 |
SBP | 123.8 ± 13.3 | 116.1 ± 9.9** | –6.22 | 2.86 | P < .05 |
DBP | 79 ± 8.3 | 73.4 ± 6.8 | –7.09 | 1.97 | P > .05 |
Medication | 3.2 ± 4.1 | 1 ± 1.9** | –68.75 | 4.1 | P < .05 |
Symptoms | 9.08 ± 6.4 | 3.3 ± 3.3** | –63.66 | 4.66 | P < .05 |
Sit-and-reach | 14.9 ± 7.3 | 21.28 ± 8.1** | 37.5 | –5.9 | P < .001 |
Note: BMI = Body Mass Index, HR = Heart rate, SBP = Systolic Blood pressure, DBP = Diastolic Blood pressure, ** Statistical significance at 0.005 levels, long exhalation time.